Hi, I’m Kent C. Dodds. I help people make the world better through quality software.

I've been teaching for as long as I can remember. I talk about this a lot in "Why and How I started public speaking" , but just know that I have a love of teaching, I've done it a lot, and… Read →

I've been thinking a lot about this newsletter and what I want to do with it. One thing I want to do is provide you with some specific ideas of things you can do to improve your skills and… Read →

In my interview "Testing Practices with J.B. Rainsberger " available on TestingJavaScript.com he gave me a metaphor I really like. He said: You can throw paint against the wall and… Read →

Both of these can be used to do basically the same thing, but some are more optimal than others. So here are some rules for you to consider when deciding which of these React Hooks to use… Read →

Last year when I was using enzyme (like everyone else at the time), I stepped carefully around certain APIs in enzyme. I completely avoided shallow rendering , never used APIs like… Read →